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Old 07-11-2008, 09:19 AM
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My cardio is horrible can anyone gimme some tips on how to build it up, I went to the High school track and did 100 yd springs with 35 sec rests, I did 4 and was completely out of breath and then almost completed a 1/4 mi on the track at a jogging pace aaaannd thats where im at plZ any one HELP!
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Old 07-11-2008, 09:25 AM
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What you could do is to start jogging at a pace just above comfortable and run for time. The first day try to do this for 10 minutes. Don't worry about distance. Then steadily build your time. You'll notice that after a few days ten minutes becomes easy and you do 15 and so on. That also carries to speed, the easier it is to run the faster you'll get, so long as you continue to push yourself. Maybe one day a week you'll do some sort of speed work around the track. First when you are on the track you warm up for a few minutes. Then in on one of the turns your going to run a faster pace and after you get to the next straight away you go back to the slower pace and repeat each lap. Over time you'll see the improvements.
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Old 07-11-2008, 09:34 AM
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ok now (and not to sound like a wuss) how many times a week should I do this and how exactly should I warm-up aside from stretching
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oh also is there something I can read on breathing techniques cuz I was like taking short breaths every step or so Im sure thats not right
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For now, every other day. When I train to run I do two runs at a pace slightly above comfortable. One day I run at a comfortable pace that I can carry and go longer then the other two runs, basically a long run. One day is strictly speed work. Though I haven't run a track in a while. I do my best speed work on a track. I warm up for two laps at a slow pace. If my average pace is 9 minutes a mile during my two runs described above that will break down to 2:15 a lap. My speed will be 2:00 or 2:05 minutes around the track for my speed work. I run one lap at this pace and then walk half the track to recover. Then I repeat. When I first starting doing this a while ago I was dead after about 4 laps. Then do a cool down of two laps around the track at a slow pace. Not only did I do speed work I did 2.5 miles on my total count for the day. 1 mile for the warm up/ cool down, one mile of speed work, half a mile during the recovery between sets. However, since you just started I would recommend what I said in the post above and for your to run for time now and then one day a week when your on the track pick it up around one of the turns. See where you are in a couple of weeks and then pick it up from there.

I'm not sure if there is anything on reading for your breathing. Maybe consult a few books like "Galloway's Book on Running" by Jeff Galloway. My breathing technique is two in/two out. If that makes sense. Basically I start with a shallow, normal inhale and then with a deep inhale to fill up the lungs then I exhale half and push out the last half. When my dad and I ran when I was a teenager he wouldn't let me run with ear phones on and instead made me concentrate on breathing. So try that.
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